Real-time social sports gaming startup Picklive closes seed funding

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Football3s.com, real-time Fantasy Football game, has relaunched as Picklive and closed a seed investment round led by Last.FM backer Stefan Glaenzer, including Robert Dighero and other angels. Terms of the deal were undisclosed but it’s believed a six figure sum was invested in return for a minority stake.

Picklive is effectively a spin out from Mint Digital a service company working with broadcasters.

The founders are Tim Morgan (CEO and ex of Mint), Noam Sohachevsky and Krzysztof Zylawy.

Billing itself as a real-time gaming startup, Picklive uses a real-time platform to allow people to play social games while watching live sport.

The first sport is football which has developed a growing user base since the beta launch in September 2009.

Morgan says the opportunity for live sports gaming is “enormous and global” and he’s probably right.